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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Ex-Celgene Dealmaker Tom Daniel Charts a New Course Advising Biotechs

Xconomy

Daniel joined Celgene in 2006. “For me, this is a rich time to think ahead, try to figure out how the forces will play out over the next decade and where to try to contribute,” he says.

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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they can be renamed and moved, but that may negate the cost and time advantages originally sought. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.

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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they can be renamed and moved, but that may negate the cost and time advantages originally sought. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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How Has Product Hunt Become Such a Critical Startup Website?

Both Sides of the Table

It reminds me a lot of how TechCrunch felt in 2006. So I sat down with Ryan to ask him directly about his phenomenal success as a 27-year-old product-manager-turned-CEO and you can watch the entire interview on my YouTube Channel here or of course you can also listen on SoundCloud on your next commute here. Product Hunt.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.